Coldest in two years

[Cookiely]

Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin, Florida

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL
530 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

...COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON ON THE WAY...

SIMILAR TO TWO YEARS AGO ON THIS DATE...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH THE SUNSHINE STATE SUNDAY MORNING.
FOLLOWING THE FRONT...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL USHER IN SOME OF
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ACROSS MUCH
OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BY MONDAY MORNING WITH RECORD
LOWS IN JEOPARDY AT A FEW LOCATIONS. LIKE TWO YEARS AGO THIS WILL
BE A COLD AIR ADVECTION EVENT IN WHICH THE WINDS DO NOT BECOME
CALM SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE COLD DRY AIR IS TRANSPORTED DOWN THE
PENINSULA ON BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS. BELOW IS A LIST OF A FEW SITES
WITH THE LAST TIME THE MERCURY DROPPED TO DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES
SORTED FROM MOST RECENT TO OLDEST...ALONG WITH THE RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 24TH AT EACH SITE.


TAMPA INT'L (NO TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LESS SINCE 01/24/2003)

TEMP DATE
27 01/24/2003
25 02/05/1996
24 12/24/1989
21 01/21/1985
19 12/26/1983
18 12/13/1962 COLDEST EVER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 04/01/1890.

RECORD LOW FOR JANUARY 24TH IS 27 DEGREES SET IN 2003.

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ST. PETERSBURG - ALBERT WHITTED (NO TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR
LESS SINCE 01/24/2003)
TEMP DATE
29 01/24/2003
28 02/05/1996
27 12/24/1989
26 12/27/1983
24 12/25/1983
22 12/13/1962 COLDEST EVER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 07/01/1948.

RECORD LOW FOR JANUARY 24TH IS 29 DEGREES SET IN 2003.

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LAKELAND (LAST OCCURRENCE OF TEMPERATURES 32 DEGREES OR LESS
WAS 12/15/2004)

TEMP DATE
31 12/15/2004
27 01/24/2003
24 01/05/2001
23 01/28/1986
20 01/22/1985
AND 01/21/1985
AND 12/13/1962 COLDEST EVER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 07/01/1948.

RECORD LOW FOR JANUARY 24TH IS 27 DEGREES SET IN 2003.

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SARASOTA-BRADENTON (NO TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LESS
SINCE 01/24/2003)
TEMP DATE
29 01/24/2003
26 01/06/1999
24 02/05/1996
20 12/26/1983 COLDEST EVER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 07/01/1948.

RECORD LOW FOR JANUARY 24TH IS 29 DEGREES SET IN 2003.

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FORT MYERS - PAGE FIELD (NO TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LESS
SINCE 01/24/2003)
TEMP DATE
32 01/24/2003
31 01/05/2001
30 01/01/2001
29 02/05/1996
28 12/25/1989
27 12/24/1989
26 12/13/1962 COLDEST EVER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 01/01/1931.

RECORD LOW FOR JANUARY 24TH IS 32 DEGREES SET IN 2003.


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BELOW IS A LIST OF THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AT SITES AROUND THE
AREA FOR JANUARY 24.


RECORD LOWS NORMAL RECORDS
LOCATION FOR JAN 24 LOW BEGAN

ARCADIA :ARCF1 26 IN 1960 47 1899
ARCHBOLD :ACHF1 23 IN 1987 46 1969
AVON PARK 2 W :AVPF1 27 IN 1960 48 1901
BARTOW :BARF1 28 IN 2003 51 1892
BROOKSVILLE 5 NNE :BROF1 22 IN 2003 48 1892
BUSHNELL 2 E :BSHF1 22 IN 1960 47 1948
CHIEFLAND 5 SE :CHIF1 20 IN 2003 44 1956
FORT MYERS/PAGE FIELD :FMY 32 IN 2003 54 1931
INVERNESS 3 SE :INVF1 23 IN 2003 44 1948
LAKE WALES :LWLF1 25 IN 1960 49 1935
LAKELAND LINDER FIELD :LLDF1 27 IN 2003 51 1948
MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK :MKCF1 26 IN 1960 49 1956
PARRISH ARF1 24 IN 1960 49 1957
PLANT CITY LCF1 26 IN 2003 50 1892
PUNTA GORDA 4 ESE NTF1 29 IN 2003 52 1965
SARASOTA-BRADENTON :SRQ 29 IN 2003 51 1948
ST LEO :STLF1 25 IN 2003 48 1895
ST PETE/ALBERT WHITTED :SPG 29 IN 2003 54 1914
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL APT :TPA 27 IN 2003 52 1890
TARPON SPRINGS :TRPF1 27 IN 2003 50 1892
VENICE :VNCF1 29 IN 2003 52 1955
WAUCHULA 2 N :WAUF1 22 IN 1960 48 1933
WEEKI WACHEE :WEEF1 24 IN 2003 45 1969
WINTER HAVEN :WHNF1 25 IN 1960 51 1941

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[Brent]

Yep... January 24th, 2003 we made it down to 9 degrees here. First and only time I've actually recorded a single digit low in my yard(with my stuff that tells me the high and lows).

[Cookiely]

Yep... January 24th, 2003 we made it down to 9 degrees here. First and only time I've actually recorded a single digit low in my yard(with my stuff that tells me the high and lows).

Wow, that is cold. We lived in Birmingham for five years but I don't remember it getting that cold. I got to see snow a few times, but I don't remember it getting in the single digits. What is your forecast for this weekend?

[Scorpion]

Yea, 2 years exactly to the date it got down to 29 here. It felt amazingly cold for down here. The winds were also brisk so the windchill was around 20. Didnt get out of the 40s. I hope something similar happens Monday morning.

[Taffy]

I live in Cape Coral, Florida. It is going to get amazingly cold Sunday night and Monday morning. Any chance to see some snow fall through the air. I have been here 27 years and it has snowed 4 times. I would love for my kids to see it.

[P.K.]

This is from a station just south of London.

EGKB 221350Z 14003KT 9999 FEW020 M49/M57 Q1019

All the stations around it are reporting temps of 6 and 7C, but it was funny to see this station reporting temps of -49C.